Six13 Wishing Everyone ‘A Wicked Chanukah’
A capella group Six13 has chosen two songs from the cultural phenomenon Wicked for the group’s annual Hanukkah song. The group used the well-known hits Defying Gravity and Popular to […]
December 13, 2024
November 29, 2024
Susan Seidelman Memoir Details Life Of Trailblazing Director
It can be cliché to call someone a pioneer, but for American film director, writer, and producer Susan Seidelman, it’s true. In her memoir, Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About […]
November 22, 2024
Funny Girl Hits all the Right Notes
Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a star in the early 20th century with a five-decade career spanning the stage, silver screen, and radio. In her early days, she was often told […]
November 20, 2024
‘The Boy In The Woods’ A Story of Remarkable Holocaust Survival
The cruelty and ugliness of the Nazis and their collaborators is arguably most acutely felt when carried out against children. As The Boy In The Woods opens, Max (Jett Klyne, […]
October 31, 2024
Should Jewish Kids Dress Up For Halloween?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, What are your thoughts on Jewish kids dressing up […]
October 28, 2024
Haunting Documentary ‘We Will Dance Again’ Tells Stories From Nova Festival
At the beginning, I thought maybe to tell my friends to leave, but at that point, it was already too late. They’re shooting and trying to kidnap us or kill […]
October 24, 2024
“Kosher” Halloween Costumes
This year, Halloween (the formerly pagan and now American version of Purim, without the awesome we-survived-an-attempted-genocide-and-now-we-eat-triangular-cookies back story) falls at the end of the Jewish holiday season. Some folks like […]
October 23, 2024
‘Rutka’ Sings Defiantly at an Unjust World
“I am writing this as if nothing has happened, as if I’m in an army experienced in cruelty. But I’m young. I’m 14, and I haven’t seen much in my […]
October 23, 2024
14-year-old Shoah victim’s diary inspires world premiere musical at Cincy Playhouse
In 2006, Yad Vashem published a diary in which 14-year-old Rutka Laskier, a Polish Jew, wrote about her life for four months in 1943, until her deportation and murder in […]
October 2, 2024
Rosh Hashanah 5786
This year I want to dip apples in saltwater I want to spread honey on my wounds How does one forgive the sting of alienation? How does one atone for […]